Hot-melt adhesive

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10030178-B2
Application number	US-201515127117-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 20, 2015
Priority date	Mar 25, 2014
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

Provided are a hot-melt adhesive having high flowability in a molten state and exhibiting high adhesion strength in bonding PP nonwoven fabrics and further exhibiting high adhesion strength in bonding PE film-PP nonwoven fabric, and a base polymer for a hot-melt adhesive. The hot-melt adhesive contains (A) a propylene-based polymer satisfying the following (Ai) to (Aiv), and (B) an olefin-based copolymer satisfying the following (Bi) and (Bii); and the base polymer for a hot-melt adhesive consists of a mixture of (A) a propylene-based polymer satisfying the following (Ai) to (Aiv) and (B) an olefin-based copolymer satisfying the following (Bi) and (Bii) and satisfies the following (1) and (2). (Ai) the melting point is 120° C. or lower, (Aii) the Mw is 10,000 to 150,000, (Aiii) the Mw/Mn is 2.5 or less, (Aiv) the penetration is 8 or less, (Bi) the penetration is 15 or more, (Bii) the melting point is 90° C. or higher, (1) the tensile elastic modulus at 23° C. is 400 MPa or less, and (2) the semi-crystallization time at 23° C. is 20 minutes or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hot-melt adhesive, comprising:
(A) a propylene-based polymer satisfying conditions (Ai) to (Aiv):
(Ai) the melting point is 120° C. or lower,
(Aii) Mw is 10,000 to 150,000,
(Aiii) Mw/Mn is 2.5 or less,
(Aiv) the penetration is 8 or less; and

(B) an olefin-based copolymer satisfying conditions (Bi) and (Bii):
(Bi) penetration is 15 or more, and
(Bii) melting point is 90° C. or higher;

wherein the olefin-based copolymer (B) is a copolymer of propylene, ethylene and 1-butene.

2. The hot-melt adhesive according to claim 1 , wherein the olefin-based copolymer (B) further satisfies condition (Biii):
(Biii) Mw/Mn is 2.5 or more and 6.0 or less.

3. The hot-melt adhesive according to claim 1 , wherein the melting point of the propylene-based polymer (A) is 110° C. or lower.

4. The hot-melt adhesive according to claim 1 , wherein the melting point of the olefin-based copolymer (B) is 90 to 160° C.

5. The hot-melt adhesive according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio by mass of the propylene-based polymer (A) to the olefin-based copolymer (B) [(A)/(B)] is 99/1 to 50/50.

6. The hot-melt adhesive according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of (C) a tackifier resin, (D) an oil and (E) a wax.

7. The hot-melt adhesive according to claim 1 , wherein a mixture of the propylene-based polymer (A) and the olefin-based copolymer (B) satisfies conditions (1) and (2):
(1) tensile elastic modulus at 23° C. is 400 MPa or less, and
(2) semi-crystallization time at 23° C. is 20 minutes or less.

8. The hot-melt adhesive according to claim 1 , wherein a mixture of the propylene-based polymer (A) and the olefin-based copolymer (B) satisfies condition (3):
(3) elongation at break at 23° C. is 150% or more and 1,000% or less.

9. A base polymer for a hot-melt adhesive, the base polymer comprising a mixture of
(A) a propylene-based polymer satisfying conditions (Ai) to (Aiv):
(Ai) the melting point is 120° C. or lower,
(Aii) Mw is 10,000 to 150,000,
(Aiii) Mw/Mn is 2.5 or less,
(Aiv) the penetration is 8 or less; and

(B) an olefin-based copolymer satisfying conditions (Bi) and (Bii):
(Bi) the penetration is 15 or more,
(Bii) the melting point is 90° C. or higher,

and which satisfies conditions (1) and (2):
(1) tensile elastic modulus at 23° C. is 400 MPa or less, and
(2) semi-crystallization time at 23° C. is 20 minutes or less.

10. The base polymer according to claim 9 , satisfying condition (3):
(3) elongation at break at 23° C. is 150% or more and 1,000% or less.

Assignees

• Idemitsu Kosan Co

Inventors

• Fujinami Hiroki
• Kobayashi Kenji

Classifications

• C09J123/12 Primary

  Polypropene · CPC title

• C09J123/16

  Elastomeric} ethylene-propylene or ethylene-propylene-diene copolymers {, e.g. EPR and EPDM rubbers · CPC title

• C09J123/00

  Adhesives based on homopolymers or copolymers of unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond; Adhesives based on derivatives of such polymers · CPC title

• C08L23/14

  Copolymers of propene (C08L23/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C09J11/06

  organic · CPC title